St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-07
A Travelling Man From This City is
Fatally Poisoned With Laudanum
at Mitchell: Oak.
The Board of Education and Two Inves-
tigatiug Committees Discuss Ven
tilating Contracts.
Probabilities of n Large Amount OF
Immigration to the Northwest
the Coming Season.
A Golden Anniversary Celebrated.
Dotnos in the Courts The Loyal
Legion Globules.
DEATH FROM OPIUM.
C.. Schenck. n st. Paul travelling
Man, Gets IN Fatal Dose at Mitchell.
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Man, Gets N Fatal Dose at Mitchell.
Oak.
Special to the Globe.
MITCHELL, OAK, April &C. Schenck,
of 400 West Seventh street, st. Paul, tray
cling for j. P. Kissinger IL Co., of Mil
waukee, arrived here last night, having
telegraphed friend to meet him at the
train, as he was i'll. He was taken to the
Sanborn house, where he was shown TO a
room. Early this morning the hotel clerk
heard a moaning in Mr.. Schenck's room,
entered and found him suffering from
severe cramp in the bowels. A physician.
who had recently arrived i'll town, and was
stopping in the house at the time, was
called, and at Schenck'S suggestion admin
istered hypodernic injection or NOR
phine The patient afterward became
slightly easier. when the physician
returned to his room and prepared for
breakfast After breakfast he, in company
with the hotel clerk, returned TO the sick
room, where they found the man dead.
Drs. Andres and Parmalee, as medical eX-
perts, examined the body to-day and teSti-
fed before the coroners jury tonight that
death was caused by opium poisoning, but
whether from hypodermic injections or
from the contents of bottle found III the
room containing laudanum and syrup, which
Schenck brought here with him, and from
which he had taken about an ounce, they
were unable to say. The jury rendered a
verdict in accordance with the testimony of
the examining physicians. The remains
were shipped to st. Paul tonight.
THOSE SAME OLD CONTRACTS.
The Board of Education and TWO
Committees Go over a Long Rec
ord OF the Boards DOings.
A meeting at which good deal of
warmth was developed was held at the
chamber of commerce yesterday. 1t was
the outcome of the action of the board of
education in accepting the Chicago exhaust
ventilating system for certain school build
ings in st. Paul. The matter was pri-
marily brought to the attention of the
chamber of commerce by lengthy COM
munication sent to that body by E. f. Os-
borne. and was then referred to the com
mittee on manufactures, composed of
SIessrs. Nichols, Scribner and Baker. This
committee invited the board of education to
meet in joint session and discuss she SUBJ
iect. Of the board, Messrs. Postlethwaite,
Miner, Schiffmann, Williams. Ellis and
Secretary Dreher were present. AS soon
as MI Nichols called the meeting to order,
Mr.. Ellis began to read history of the en-
tire proceedings OF the board in the matter.
The chairman tried to shut him off but Mr..
Ellis proceeded. That opened the whole
communication itself was taken up. In
brief, it complained of the action
of the board in general and
charged that the local industries were
disregarded and that local experts were not
given the same show to compete for the
work. These assertions did not annoy the
representatives of the board to any extent.
but they became rather indignant to notice,
as they claimed, that the whole tone of the
letter, cast shady reflection on their ac-
ton in this case and their ability In gen.
eral. In reply to the communication, cor
reSpondence was produced showing that
the same notice and the same circulars had
been sent to outside firms as to those in st.
Paul; and that it had been the chief aim of
the board to give all an equal show. The
board, it was stated, had no desire to take
away the work of placing in the steam ap-
paratus from st. Paul parties. 1t was
system of ventilation which would prove
most beneficial TO the pupils of the schools
and give the best satisfaction to the public,
that was sought. This the board. from ex-
periments, believed to be the Chicago ex-
haust system. The point was also made
that the action was taken in open board
agreed TO by a vote of s to 4, and after
wards ratified by vote of to 8. In the
point that was raised that it required three
quarters vote of the board to accept the
contract, the position was taken that the
old bylaws by which the board was gov
erned has been SUSPENDED by the new law
and that now only majority is required to
validate such action. The matter was
taken under advisement by the chamber of
commerce committee, which will probably
report at the next meeting. AS to annullng
its action or reconsidering the entire ques.
ton, the board of education will decline so
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